Just imagine that piece of plywood is a really annoying locked door.
How to drill a lock out of a door.
You should feel more resistance as the drill bit encounters each pin then a decrease in resistance as the bit cuts through the pin.
Aim the drill into the area just above the keyway.
One night after getting ready for bed a person walks up to the main door of his house to lock it and pulling up on the handle he feels and almost hears the slight almost imperceptible resistance in the german manufactured locking mechanism of the latch.
Drill out the lock cylinder.
That is unless you want to spend 150 callin.
This destroys the pins inside the lock cylinder allowing you to force the.
3 32 2 4mm drill bit.
This causes the doorknob to separate inside and both sides can be removed from the door.
When a replacement lock can be found then the lock can be drilled open.
Once you ve drilled through and broken the pins you may need to insert a flat screwdriver to retract the latch and open the door.
However many people can t drill into a door due to agreements with landlords lack of tools or door materials and door jamb layouts that make it difficult to install a traditional lock.
Use a sharp drill bit that is designed for metal drilling.
Certain locks are not going to open as easily as others even with drilling.
Unscrew and finish use a drill driver to remove the longer mounting screws.
There are a variety of ways to install a lock on a door that don t require any drilling and many of them are simple and inexpensive.
Scratch awl or similar pointy tool.
Drill a hole through the lock cylinder through the guidance point.
Drilling without replacing the hardware will result in an unacceptable gap in home security.
In this video i show you how to drill out a deadbolt in less than 2 minutes.
This room happened to have a key ed lock on it that.
I recently bought a house my wife thought it would be a good idea to shut the door to one of the rooms.
Ridgid 18 volt octane hammer drill driver.
1 8 3mm drill bit.
Use a thin flat screwdriver to pry off the round decorative plate also sometimes referred to as a rose to reveal the lockset mounting screws.
The goal is to drill through the pin tumblers not the keyway itself.